Satu Mare

For other places with the same name, see Satu Mare (disambiguation).

Satu Mare Szatmárnémeti
City
Dacia Hotel Firemen's Tower Administrative Palace Ascension Cathedral
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Satu Mare County
Satu Mare Location in Romania
Coordinates: 47°47′24″N 22°53′24″E
Country	Romania
County	Satu Mare
Status	County seat
Founded	972 (first official record as Villa Zotmar)
Component villages	Sătmărel
Government
• Mayor (2024–2028)	Gábor Kereskényi (UDMR)
Area
• Total	150.3 km2 (58.0 sq mi)
Population  (2021-12-01)
• Total	91,520
• Density	669/km2 (1,730/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	sătmărean, sătmăreancă (ro), "szatmári","szatmárnémeti" (hu)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal Code	44xyz
Area code	+40 x61
Car Plates	SM
Climate	Cfb
Website	www.primariasm.ro

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Satu Mare (pronounced [ˈsatu ˈmare] ^ⓘ; Hungarian: Szatmárnémeti [sɒtmaːrneːmɛti]; German: Sathmar; Yiddish: סאטמאר Satmar or סאַטמער Satmer) is a city in Romania with a population of 91,520 (2021). It is the capital of Satu Mare County as well as the centre of the Satu Mare metropolitan area. It lies in the region of Maramureș, broadly part of Transylvania. Mentioned in the Gesta Hungarorum as castrum Zotmar ("Zotmar's fort"), the city has a history going back to the Middle Ages. Today, it is an academic, cultural, industrial, and business centre in the Nord-Vest development region.